Those concerned about the notorious practice of doctoring cosplay pictures into something which bears as much resemblance to reality as do the original 2D characters are perhaps right to be afraid, if the below images are any guide.
The images provided cover a wide variety of themes:
Only slightly less perniciously deceptive than the practice of makeup?
Those looking to refresh themselves after the ordeal above are recommended to check the work of the amateur photographers of 2ch, showing much in the way of quality cosplay, with a high degree of verisimilitude.
Alternatively, the dark side of cosplay can be embraced in the form of the lovely Akasan.
Many photoshops make it look worse. Aren`t those mainly western?
Yeah, you can obviously tell it’s a western cosplay if the person’s fat or unhealthy looking, cheap wig with messy/wrinkled costume, and so much I can list.
Some of them looked troons even with Photoshop. Also, the Aerith cosplayer looks one of my classmates before she began to troon out.
Reality is trash.
photoshop; making ugly people look good since 1990
the first one looks better on the left
#15 THOSE TITS!